If so, you are in luck: the N.F.L. lockout, coupled with the league's rule changes and clarifications, will make this a banner season for low-scoring games, delays and general on-field milling about.
Pollard's reference was to the rules tweaks and "clarifications" that have been brought in by the league's competition committee over the past few years, in an effort to reduce the number of injuries on the field.
Pamela Bonney, a spokeswoman for Hewlett-Packard, said the company was still studying the rules and seeking clarification.
At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has strongly opposed the law, Randy Johnson, senior vice president for labor, immigration and employee benefits, said in a statement, "The administration has finally recognized the obvious — employers need more time and clarification of the rules of the road before implementing the employer mandate".
After some rule clarification and housekeeping, the microphone was handed over to Toby Ellis, the founder of the association, who showed a couple of videos and spoke against division in the ranks between Americans and Europeans, and the jugglers versus the nonjugglers.
New rules and terms with clarification and explanations for rules and terms already in place -- but that is to be expected with such a comprehensive and new system.
With fancier titles peeled away, some agents have requested clarification of the rule and permission to use alternate titles.
"Videotaping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines," it read, in part, a phrase indicating foreshadowing or the sense that the rule needed clarification.
"While we agree this ambiguous rule needs clarification," Mr. Apfelbaum said, referring to the sweeps month rule, "it is unfortunate that on an important issue affecting the entire cable industry, and where there was no emergency, that this was done without the full commission being involved".
First, there's the information dissemination and clarification.
